1. BAROQUE 17 TH CENTURY

2. WHERE DOES “BAROQUE” COME FROM? Pejorative word to define an exuberant and exaggerated art in contrast to Renaissance art and New Classicism. CHRONOLOGY Predominant art style during the 17 th century and part of the 18 th century COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF CATANIA, ITALY

3. DIFFERENCES WITH RENAISSANCE ART RENAISSANCE ART BAROQUE ART -BALANCE -IDEAL OF BEAUTY -SIMPLICITY -PROPORTIONS -STRAIGHT LINES -PREDOMINANCE OF DRAWING OVER COLOUR AND LIGHT -MOVEMENT -REALISM IN REPRESENTATIONS -COMPLEXITY -INTEREST IN SURPRISING THE AUDIENCE - CURVED LINES, CONCAVE AND CONVEX -PREDOMINANCE OF COLOUR AND LIGHT OVER DRAWING

4. BAROQUE ART was… A reflection of society ART OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES ART OF THE COUNTER-REFORMATION (CATHOLIC COUNTRIES) BOURGEOIS ART (PROTESTANT COUNTRIES)

5. ARCHITECTURE MAIN PURPOSE: CREATE SENSATION OF MOVEMENT IN BUILDINGS USE OF CURVED LINES SPIRALS ELLIPTIC AND OVAL FLOOR PLANS SOLOMONIC COLUMNS CONTRAST OF LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

6. SQUARE AND COLONNADE OF SAINT PETER OF THE VATICAN, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

7. SCHEME OF BERNINI´S COLONNADE

8. BERNINI´S COLONNADE

9. BALDACHIN OF SAINT PETER OF THE VATICAN, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

10. CHURCH OF SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE, FRANCESCO BORROMINI

11. DOME AND INTERIOR OF SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE´S CHURCH, FRANCESCO BORROMINI

12. VERSAILLES PALACE, LE VAU, MANSART AND LE NÔTRE

13. GARDENS OF VERSAILLES PALACE

14. HALL OF THE MIRRORS, VERSAILLES PALACE

15. LES INVALIDES CHURCH (PARIS), MANSART

16. SCULPTURE MAIN PURPOSES: REPRESENTING MOVEMENT, CAPTURING FLEETING MOMENTS, PROVOKING SURPRISE AND EMOTION TO THE AUDIENCE. MAIN FEATURES: USE OF CURVED LINES AND CLOTH FOLDS TO INTENSIFY THE SENSATION OF MOVEMENT.

17. APOLLO AND DAPHNE, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

18. ECSTASY OF SAINT THERESA, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

19. TOMB OF URBAN VIII, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

20. TOMB OF ALEXANDER VII, GIANLORENZO BERNINI

21. FONTANA DI TREVI, NICOLA SALVI

23. FOUNTAIN OF THE NEWT, BERNINI

24. FOUNTAIN OF THE FOUR RIVERS, BERNINI

25. PAINTING MAIN FEATURES -USE OF OIL PAINTING -PREDOMINANCE OF COLOUR AND LIGHT OVER DRAWING -CHIAROSCURO: CONTRASTS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW -REALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS -MOVEMENT -COMPLEX COMPOSITIONS (FORESHORTENED FIGURES, ASYMMETRY, CURVED LINES…) -INTEREST IN SHOCKING OR SURPRISING THE AUDIENCE

26. THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL ON THE WAY TO DAMASCUS, CARAVAGGIO

27. THE CRUCIFIXION OF SAINT PETER, CARAVAGGIO

28. THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST, CARAVAGGIO

29. THE CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW, CARAVAGGIO

30. DEATH OF THE VIRGIN, CARAVAGGIO

31. THE THREE GRACES, RUBENS

32. THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS, RUBENS

33. THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, RUBENS

34. THE DUKE OF LERMA, RUBENS

35. HERCULES DRUNK, BEING LED AWAY BY A NYMPH, RUBENS

36. REMBRANDT, SELF-PORTRAITS 22 YEARS OLD WITH TWO CIRCLES 63 YEARS OLD More self-portraits: http://www.rembrandtpainting.net/rembrandt_self_portraits.htm

37. ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. NICOLAES TULP, REMBRANDT

38. SYNDICS OF THE DRAPERS´ GUILD, REMBRANDT

39. THE SLAUGHTERED OX, REMBRANDT

40. THE NIGHT WATCH, REMBRANDT

41. THE LACEMAKER, VERMEER

42. GIRL READING A LETTER AT AN OPEN WINDOW, VERMEER

43. THE MILKMAID, VERMEER

44. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, VERMEER

45. ALLEGORY OF THE ART OF PAINTING, VERMEER

46. THE GEOGRAPHER, VERMEER